Comments on: Bertha Lewis’s “Sista From Another Mista,” Randi Weingarten

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By: krickdets

krickdets — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:26:54 +0000

Again I think you are missing the point but it was very hard for me to get so here goes. It's not black and white it is us and them. They use this leftist crap talk, both black and white leftists. Rush and this article and others "who get it" are saying "here's back at you, don't you look stupid". They don't think they do but millions of Americans do.

By: 1redcent

1redcent — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:34:34 +0000

If we believe ( and I do )that all Americans should be treated equally, then I see nothing wrong with Rush and Bo using whatever it takes to make fun of people who well deserve it.

I started listening to Rush in 1989 and remember well, when he began the "FEMINAZI" stuff, the funny bits about the couple in the Volvo, and on and on. Those people will never find Rush funny, so should he not have poked fun at them too?

Yes, lets talk about race.

Many blacks have NO idea why they vote for Dems, but they aren't alone in that. Other races and ethnic groups have, in the past and some still do, blindly vote against their own values and best interests, by voting for the Dems.

How do we reach them/change their mind? Well, it has to be done on a one to one basis. It;s up to you and me and everyone else to engage our friends and family and acquaintances, in a civil, rational manner.

Lewis said what she said, ergo, it make no sense to not quote her/use the quote as a headline. If blacks don't like it, remember, they won't like it any the less, if her words were cleaned up. It's not as though whoever wrote the title was changing what she said; they didn't do to her, what was done and continues to be done to Sarah Palin, Condi Rice, President Bush the younger, etc. !

It's accurate, so what's the problem with accuracy?

By: THE UNDERLING

THE UNDERLING — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:21:30 +0000

No, believe it or not, I get all your points. I LOVE Rush but I'm making a small but important (I think ) point. And that is that let's never use black slang as a punch line. I thought what Bo Snerdly said on the show in content was great…and I love making liberals cringe…but some few of us conservatives use black slang as a punch line and despite our true intentions it seems like we're poking a finger in the eye of a group that doesn't need it, want it or is even open to our message. Most black folks I know DO speak the same way as any one of us and though they reflexively vote Democrat, often have no ideals in common with that party. Let's speak seriously of race. You would still quote the "sister" comment in the article because it's part of the story but we can start for one by not writing it as "sista." It's like liberals making fun of the way Southerners talk. It's not cool.

By: Paul Klenk

Paul Klenk — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:59:00 +0000

Oops — I was wrong. There is an article here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Lewis_(activi...

However, it is only a stub and needs to be fleshed out.

By: Paul Klenk

Paul Klenk — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:19:04 +0000

Wow: There is no Wikipedia article on Bertha Lewis.

Someone, please do something about this.

There is a Bertha Lewis who was a English opera singer on WP. But someone needs to present a well-documented and balanced bio on ACORN's Lewis.